: Buzios Island: A Caicara Community in Southern Brazil . Emilio Willems.
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FOOD TABOOS AT BUZIOS ISLAND (BRAZIL): THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND !tELAnON TO FOLK MEDICINE
ABSTRAcr.~BUzios Island is a fishing community of about 44 families located off the coast of Sao Paulo State, Braziil. This study focuses on the food taboos of the islanders from Buzios, specifically on prohibitions in the consumption of certain species of fish and lizard. Interviews and observations on food habits were made from November 1986 to December 1987. Some fish are avoided only when p...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Anthropologist
سال: 1954
ISSN: 0002-7294,1548-1433
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1954.56.2.02a00260